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עַכְבֹּור S 5907 GK 6570 , עַכְבֹּר n.pr.m. ( mouse, cf. עַכְבָּר , v. Gray Prop. N. 93; עכבר OH and Ph. as n.pr. Lzb 340 ( cf. also on simil. Lat. n.pr. ClGann JAs 1883, Fev.–Mar. 128 ) ) ;— Ö Αχοβωρ : 1. Edomite Gn 36:38 , 39 ( P ) = עַכְבֹּר 1 Ch 1:49 (Baer Ginsb ). 2. courtier of Josiah 2 K 22:12 , 14 , perhaps also Je 26:22 ; 36:12 ( cf. Gie and Ency. Bib. ).

עַכְבָּר S 5909 TWOT 1618 GK 6572 n.m. 1 S 6:4 mouse ( NH id.; Aramaic עַכְבְּרָא ; Syriac (in Lexx) ܥܽܘܩܒܪܳܐ , ܐܰܓܒܪܳܐ ( ˓uqbro, ˒abbro ) ( PS 22); Arabic عَكَابِرُ ( ˓akābiru ) pl. mares murum Frey ( Kam. ), cf. also Hom AS 338; Arabic of jerboa RS K 302; v. Tristr NHB 122 FFP 10 ff.) ;— abs. הָע׳ unclean Lv 11:29 ( H ), Is 66:17 ( cf. RS Sem i. 275, 2nd ed. 293 ); pl. cstr. (ה)זָהָב עַכְבְּרֵי 1 S 6: 4, 11 , 18 ; sf. צַלְמֵי עַכְבְּרֵיכֶם v 5.

עַכָּבִישׁ S 5908 TWOT 1619 GK 6571 n.m. spider ( å עַכּוּבִיתָא , עַכָּבִיתָא ; whence Arabic عَنْكَبُوتُ ( ˓ankabūtu ) as loan- wd. ; NH עַכְשׁוּב prob. tarantula , according to Levy NHWB iii. 648 ) ;— בֵּית ע׳ Jb 8:14 i.e. web, so prob. 27:18 (reading ע׳ for MT עָשׁ ); cf. קוּרֵי ע׳ Is 59:5 filaments of a spider .

Gray G. B. Grau, Hebrew Proper Names. OH Old Hebrew (Inscriptions). ClGann Clermont-Ganneau.

JAs Journal Asiatique. Ginsb C.D. Gindsburg. Gie F. Giessebrecht. Ency. Bib. EB(i), q.v. . Frey G. W. Freytag, Lex. Arab.; Kam. al-Kamus (Arab. Dict.), by al-F rzbdi. Hom F. Hommel.

RS W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia; Tristr H. B. Tritram, Natural History of the Bible;

FFP Flora and Fauna of Palestine (survey). H Code of Holiness.

RS W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites. åÑ Targum.
wd. word, also would.

Levy Jacob Levy.

NHWB Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb .


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